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A study published in The American Journal of Medicine, and developed between the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona and the FH Foundation has concluded that hypercholesterolemia might increase the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. According to this study there would be a direct relationship between this disease and high cholesterol in blood.

Hospital Clinic of Barcelona in conjunction with familial hypercholesterolemia Foundation, conducted an investigation which established that 22% of patients tested who suffered from hypercholesterolemia, some type of brain dysfunction.

Sample

* We evaluated 47 people with familial hypercholesterolemia and compared with a control group consisting of 70 persons. Both groups and neurological tests he made 13 for a period of 5 years.

Conclusions

* According to the results, we concluded that those who suffer from high levels of LDL or bad cholesterol, are ten times more likely to develop Alzheimer’s. This is due to settle that LDL cholesterol from being deposited amyloid plaques in the brain, which produce significant cognitive impairment, which would result in the onset of Alzheimer’s.

Such studies are very useful because they allow to establish guidelines for prevention, especially in patients with a family history of hypercholesterolemia.

With these data it is possible to reduce risk factors and improve the quality of life.

we all know about the evils of nicotine, one of the key components of the cigarette. However, a group of researchers found an interesting novelty, since they discovered that the organic compound may help treat various problems related to cognitive impairment.

This does not mean that people with cognitive problems will be cured by smoking, but the administration of nicotine in a non-smoking group of patients showed improvement in their behavior very interesting. Even positive change was observed in people with advanced Alzheimer’s.

By the time the specialists responsible for this study said the evidence is temporarily at an early stage, before the use of nicotine for the treatment of cognitive impairment is much research needed to prove the safety and feasibility. For now you can focus on the positive effects of nicotine in those with cognitive problems low gravity.

The medicine is going through a path that is focusing on treating Alzheimer’s in a way that is unprecedented. The effects and characteristics of this disease have been reason enough for some researchers to consider a variant of diabetes, which could identify possible treatments available treatments we know to treat diabetes. Read the rest of this entry »